Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-14
LOCAL ~LACONxCs.

Major Hanson has recovered from his
regent illness.
E. 7. Whites residence on artesian
hill is being brick veneered.
.fhe Fountain City band visits the
insane hospital this evening.
The steam ferry senator is being re-
paired, preparatory to leaving this port
for somewhere.
Commodore Conlson was the success
full bidder for $40 900 OF Turner county
refunding bonds.
The Savings bank company is about
ready to begin business, and as soon as
the safe arrives the door will be opened.
The farmers generally are hard at
work outing oats. Wheat'vill be ready
for the knife as soon as the oat harvest
is oyer.
All bnt two of the saloon keepers have
paid the $500 license and now have q
permit. to continue business until the
LIST OF July 1888.
Joseph 81. Hoest and Joseph Barth,
two Lesterville farmers settled q differ
ence of opinion in Judge Pratt's court in
Yankton this afternoon.
A funny democrat says: sit is queer
that not more OF us democrats were
struck by lightning on Monday night
as we all had our lightning rods up
Yankton is making unparalleled pro
gress in street grading, culvert build
Ing and in extending its water mains
this year. The city is preparing for the
boom.
A portion OF the machinery for the oil
mill has arrived and will be put in place
ss soon as possible. The company which
is building the mill is waiting a~D1iously
to see the result OF the test of the power
OF the brick yard artesian well, in view
OF sinking q well, and utilizing the
power.
The W. O. T. y. local option petition
was not circulated i n the Lesterville
neighborhood of this county at all. A
citizen OF that county informs Q re-
porter that o great many residents o.
that precinct would have signed The
petition ii the opportunity had beer
given.
One Of the Oldest farmers in Yanktor
county who has cultivated the same
ground in the Missouri and Jim rive
valleys for the past twenty-five years
said to MS to-day: 81 have the bes
crop I ever raised in Dakota. The sol
OF the Missouri bottom produces NOR
and more each year that it is cultivated.
George Brown has transformed hi
Merchants hotel billiard o an,
saloon into . temperance billiard hal
Hereafter nothing Of an intoxicating
nature can DO had to drink at that place
but billiards. pool ard lemonaas
and pop will be on hand. Mr.. Brow
says that this is business and that th
temperance billiard hall will be just the
ind nothing more.
Geo. Stickeny, esq, Ct Elk Poiii
who held the position of receiver Of til
land office at yermilllon, from 1867 I
1871, and was shen honorabIy dil
charged, has just been sued for 9 shori
age in his old accounts amounting /;
$205.40. His bondsmsn were Arthr
Van Meter. E. NJ. Bond, Richard /
VinsoD, John Gain, franklin Taylo
and Michael McCra. 1t is very singu
lar that this shortage has not been di
covered before.
The Missouri river is emitting into th
Dakota bank at . point about . mi
eat of this city at nm alarming rat
Last night at sun down the bank We
nssrly seventy feet south Of the Mi
waukee track at p point, but th
morning the water was within BIZ fe
Of the track. This outing ia caused /
y strong; current which iii turned fro
its course On the Nebraska side near
opposite Yankton. by 8 rocky blnf
From this bluff il shoots soross Il
sivsr to this side apd stsikea the aRl